Quarantine Tank

RuggerReef · 06/29/2014, 03:41 PM

I have a 75 gallon tank and want to start a 24/7 quarantine tank. How big of a tank should I use? I have an empty 20 high, is that good enough? How many fish could I quarantine in a 20 high?
I am planning to using HOB filter and a power head. Is a 30g HOB filter big enough?
I plan on using water from my DT to start and for water change. Is that a good idea?
I know I have been doing SW for a little while and I have never done a QT and I have had a lot of problems. So I am trying to do right from here on out. Thanks for the help!!!

Newsmyrna80 · 06/29/2014, 06:00 PM

A 20 gallon QT should be more than fine. I wouldn't put more than 3, depending on their size and temperament, in at one time. Assuming there us no disease in your QT I would use the water. If you haven't started to seed a sponge already then you could use a pice of LR to get the QT going then put it back into the main prior to adding any livestock. Don't forget to feed it every once in a while. Congrats on a very wise decision

igot2gats · 06/29/2014, 06:31 PM

I vote for QT'ing one fish at a time. If you have multiple fish in 1 QT, and if you have to medicate one of the fish, your QT clock for the other fish starts over.

If they're small fish, like Gobies, or Blennies, then 2-3 fish is my answer.

Kona26 · 06/29/2014, 09:25 PM

make sure not to mix up you qt supplies with the dt supplies....don't put things other then fish from your qt into your dt....live rock...filter....ect. read the sticky on qt tank. lot of good info

shesacharmer · 06/30/2014, 05:57 AM

Read the QT Sticky. You have to decide if you want a pretty QT with sand and rocks or a barebottom. If you introduce a fish with Ich and you have sand and LR you will probably end up using copper at which point you can never QT inverts there in the future or you will have to leave your QT empty for 12 weeks to ensure the ICH is gone. It's a big decision. If you go bare bottom it means more water changes and preventing a cycle. The Sticky makes it all very clear.

Pigpen17 · 06/30/2014, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by Kona26

make sure not to mix up you qt supplies with the dt supplies....don't put things other then fish from your qt into your dt....live rock...filter....ect. read the sticky on qt tank. lot of good info

Omg this! I got Ich into my DT with a net! Now I have a separate QT gear box. It seems like you could maintain the quarantine by going only one way with stuff, (ie: nothing from here goes there), but it's so easy to go the wrong way.

hmspradlin · 06/30/2014, 09:53 AM

Because I'm still trying to figure out the forum, can someone post a link to sticky? I claim stupidity this Monday! Thanks!

RuggerReef · 06/30/2014, 06:27 PM

My plan is to use ceramic rings from my DT sump and water from my DT to run my QT. It will be a bare bottom. I already got all the secondary equipment I need except test kits.

06/29/2014, 03:41 PM	#1
RuggerReef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Noblesville, IN Posts: 54	Quarantine Tank I have a 75 gallon tank and want to start a 24/7 quarantine tank. How big of a tank should I use? I have an empty 20 high, is that good enough? How many fish could I quarantine in a 20 high? I am planning to using HOB filter and a power head. Is a 30g HOB filter big enough? I plan on using water from my DT to start and for water change. Is that a good idea? I know I have been doing SW for a little while and I have never done a QT and I have had a lot of problems. So I am trying to do right from here on out. Thanks for the help!!!

06/29/2014, 06:00 PM	#2
Newsmyrna80 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Florida Posts: 2,312	A 20 gallon QT should be more than fine. I wouldn't put more than 3, depending on their size and temperament, in at one time. Assuming there us no disease in your QT I would use the water. If you haven't started to seed a sponge already then you could use a pice of LR to get the QT going then put it back into the main prior to adding any livestock. Don't forget to feed it every once in a while. Congrats on a very wise decision __________________ 80 gal frag with 30 gal refugium, Orphek Atlantik LED, Red Sea RSK300 skimmer, predominately SPS and LPS Current Tank Info: 80 gallon reef tank with 30 gal refugium

06/29/2014, 06:31 PM	#3
igot2gats Deeeetroit Basketball! Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Grand Rapids, MI Posts: 1,063	I vote for QT'ing one fish at a time. If you have multiple fish in 1 QT, and if you have to medicate one of the fish, your QT clock for the other fish starts over. If they're small fish, like Gobies, or Blennies, then 2-3 fish is my answer. __________________ Jeff Stop being lazy, and use the search function. Seriously. Current Tank Info: 75g DT / 20g sump / 20g QT - Eheim 1250, Tunze Osmolator 3155, GHL Profilux 3, 2 Tunze 6095, Tunze Wavebox, Aqua Illumination Hydra LEDs

06/29/2014, 09:25 PM	#4
Kona26 Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Beaverton, Or Posts: 845	make sure not to mix up you qt supplies with the dt supplies....don't put things other then fish from your qt into your dt....live rock...filter....ect. read the sticky on qt tank. lot of good info __________________ 130g long DT. - (april. 2013) - 55g sump w/fuge (60in 80w 6 bulb ATI) - Bubble mag. curve 7 skimmer - 2 jebao 15 pumps - ATO - GFO/carbon - 2 heaters

06/30/2014, 05:57 AM	#5
shesacharmer Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Central NH Posts: 1,241	Read the QT Sticky. You have to decide if you want a pretty QT with sand and rocks or a barebottom. If you introduce a fish with Ich and you have sand and LR you will probably end up using copper at which point you can never QT inverts there in the future or you will have to leave your QT empty for 12 weeks to ensure the ICH is gone. It's a big decision. If you go bare bottom it means more water changes and preventing a cycle. The Sticky makes it all very clear. __________________ 75 gal, LR w/refugium, 79 deg, PH 8.0, sg 1.025, amm 0/nit 0/nit 0, Calcium 420, dKH 8.3, mag 1300, Phos 0 Current Tank Info: A work in progress...

06/30/2014, 09:53 AM	#7
hmspradlin Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Central Florida Posts: 264	Because I'm still trying to figure out the forum, can someone post a link to sticky? I claim stupidity this Monday! Thanks! __________________ And yes- I caught that shark myself! Current Tank Info: Currently trying to switch to saltwater from 3 fw tanks

06/30/2014, 06:27 PM	#8
RuggerReef Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Noblesville, IN Posts: 54	My plan is to use ceramic rings from my DT sump and water from my DT to run my QT. It will be a bare bottom. I already got all the secondary equipment I need except test kits.